Social engineering

The next million years by Charles Galton Darwin

Sir Charles Galton Darwin, KBE, MC, FRS was an English physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory during the Second World War. He was the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin. More at Wikipedia

Hormonal modification

“Another type of discovery may be connected with hormones, those internal chemical secretions which so largely regulate the operations of the human body. The artificial use of hormones has already been shown to have profound effects on the behaviour of animals, and it seems quite possible that hormones, or perhaps drugs, might have similar effects on man. For example, there might be a drug, which, without other harmful effects, removed the urgency of sexual desire, and so reproduced in humanity the status of workers in a beehive. Or there might be another drug that produced a permanent state of contentment in the recipient—after all alcohol does something like this already, though it has other disadvantages and is only temporary in its effects. A dictator would certainly welcome the compulsory administration of the “contentment drug” to his subjects.” p183

Oligarchical monopoly

“Widespread wealth can never be common in an overcrowded world, and so in most countries of the future the government will inevitably be autocratic or oligarchic; some will give good government and some bad, and the goodness or badness will depend much more on the personal merits of the rulers than it does in a more democratic country.” p.194

Normative government

“To think of it as possible at other times is a misunderstanding of the function of government in any practical sense of the term. If the only things that a government was required to do were what everybody, or nearly everybody, wanted, there would be no need for the government to exist at all, because the things would be done anyhow; this would be the impracticable ideal of the anarchist. But if there are to be starving margins of population in most parts of the world, mere benevolence cannot suffice. There would inevitably be ill feeling and jealousy between the provinces, with each believing that it was not getting its fair share of the good things, and in fact, it would be like the state of affairs with which we are all too familiar. If then there is ever to be a world government, it will have to function as government do now, in the sense that it will have to coerce a minority – and indeed it may often be a majority – into doing things they do not want to.” p.191

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  • George Pember Darwin (1928–2001) worked developing computers, and then (1964) married Angela Huxley, daughter of David Bruce Huxley. She was also a granddaughter of the writer Leonard Huxley and a great-granddaughter of Thomas Huxley, “Darwin’s Bulldog”.

After the death of his first wife, Leonard married Rosalind Bruce (1890–1994), and had two further sons. The elder of these was David Bruce Huxley (1915-1992), whose daughter Angela Huxley married George Pember Darwin, son of the physicist Sir Charles Galton Darwin (and thus a great-grandson of Charles Darwin married a great-granddaughter of Thomas Huxley). The younger son (1917-2012) was the Nobel Prize winner, physiologist Andrew Fielding Huxley.
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Further References

Fancher, R. E.. (2009). Scientific Cousins: The Relationship Between Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. American Psychologist

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Gillham, N. W.. (2001). Sir Francis Galton and the Birth of Eugenics. Annual Review of Genetics

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.090055
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Galton, D. J., & Galton, C. J.. (1998). Francis Galton: And eugenics today. Journal of Medical Ethics

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Galton, F.. (1985). Essays in eugenics. The History of hereditarian thought ; 16

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Harper, P.. (2002). A life of Sir Francis Galton. From African exploration to the birth of eugenics. Human Genetics

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1086/374096
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Magnello, M. E.. (2013). Galton’s Law of Ancestral Heredity. In Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition

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Bulmer, M.. (2003). Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry. Journal of Heredity

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Sandall, R.. (2008). Sir Francis Galton and the roots of eugenics. Society

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Liu, Y.. (2008). A new perspective on Darwin’s Pangenesis. Biological Reviews

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Galton, D. J.. (2005). Eugenics: Some lessons from the past. Reproductive BioMedicine Online

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Jeynes, W. H.. (2011). Race, racism, and Darwinism. Education and Urban Society

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1177/0013124510380723
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Champkin, J.. (2011). Francis Galton centenary. Significance

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2011.00507.x
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Julian Huxley, UNESCO, and Eugenics

“It is, however, essential that eugenics should be brought entirely within the borders of science, for, as already indicated, in the not very remote future the problem of improving the average quality of human beings is likely to become urgent; and this can only be accomplished by applying the findings of a truly scientific eugenics.”

Sir Julian Sorell Huxley
From UNESCO Its Purpose and Its Philosophy

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Hitchner, D. G., & Huxley, J.. (1948). UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy. The Western Political Quarterly

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Plutocracy/Elitism

A plutocracy or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631. Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism, socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy.More at Wikipedia

In a “plutonomy”, according to Citigroup global strategist Ajay Kapur, economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few.

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Littler, J.. (2013). Meritocracy as Plutocracy: The Marketising of “Equality” Under Neoliberalism. New Formations

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Reiner, R.. (2013). Who governs? Democracy, plutocracy, science and prophecy in policing. Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Kuhner, T. K.. (2015). American Plutocracy. SSRN

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Ashford, R.. (2010). Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom: A Binary Economic Critique. Journal of Economic Issues

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Macvarish, J.. (2014). The politics of parenting. In Parenting Culture Studies

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Green, R. T.. (2012). Plutocracy, Bureaucracy, and the End of Public Trust. Administration and Society

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1177/0095399712436658
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Scruggs, L., & Hayes, T. J.. (2017). The influence of inequality on welfare generosity: Evidence from the US States. Politics and Society

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1177/0032329216683165
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Morris, W.. (1883). Art under Plutocracy
Guédon, J. C.. (2003). Open Access Archives: From scientific plutocracy to the republic of science. IFLA Journal

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Alterman, E.. (2015). Invisible Plutocracy.. Nation

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Amin, S.. (2008). “Market Economy” or Oligopoly-Finance Capitalism?. Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine

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Kuhner, T. K.. (2015). The Corruption of Liberal and Social Democracies. SSRN

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Finbow, R. G.. (2016). Restructuring the State through Economic and Trade Agreements: The Case of Investment Disputes Resolution. Politics and Governance

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Saith, A.. (2011). Inequality, Imbalance, Instability: Reflections on a Structural Crisis. Development and Change

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01705.x
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State Terrorism as a tool for social control

“Just as the Indian was branded a savage beast to justify his exploitation, so those who have sought social guerrillas, or terrorists, or drug dealers, or whatever the current term of art may be.” (Piero Gleijeses, as cited by Noam Chomsky)

The ‘War on Terror’, State Crime & Radicalization
Apr 2020
The ‘War on Terror’, State Crime & Radicalization
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The Handbook of Deviance
Jul 2015
Carolijn Terwindt
Crime, Law and Social Change
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Social Forces
Jan 2013
Critical Studies on Terrorism
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Genetic factors involved in psychopathy

link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2F9780230307551_14.pdf

Psychopathy in Politics and Finance – Stefan Verstappen on GRTV

Official site of the U.S. government, U.S. Department of Justice

leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/the-corporate-psychopath

Further References

Sadeh, N., Javdani, S., Jackson, J. J., Reynolds, E. K., Potenza, M. N., Gelernter, J., … Verona, E.. (2010). Serotonin transporter gene associations with psychopathic traits in youth vary as a function of socioeconomic resources. Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Dadds, M. R., Moul, C., Cauchi, A., Dobson-Stone, C., Hawes, D. J., Brennan, J., & Ebstein, R. E.. (2014). Methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene and oxytocin blood levels in the development of psychopathy. Development and Psychopathology

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Yildirim, B. O., & Derksen, J. J. L.. (2013). Systematic review, structural analysis, and new theoretical perspectives on the role of serotonin and associated genes in the etiology of psychopathy and sociopathy. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.009
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Beaver, K. M., Barnes, J. C., May, J. S., & Schwartz, J. A.. (2011). Psychopathic personality traits, genetic risk, and gene-environment correlations. Criminal Justice and Behavior

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1177/0093854811411153
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Sadeh, N., Javdani, S., & Verona, E.. (2013). Analysis of monoaminergic genes, childhood abuse, and dimensions of psychopathy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1037/a0029866
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Hicks, B. M., Carlson, M. D., Blonigen, D. M., Patrick, C. J., Iacono, W. G., & Mgue, M.. (2012). Psychopathic personality traits and environmental contexts: Differential correlates, gender differences, and genetic mediation. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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Glenn, A. L.. (2011). The other allele: Exploring the long allele of the serotonin transporter gene as a potential risk factor for psychopathy: A review of the parallels in findings. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

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James, M. G.. (2010). Investigating dimensions of psychopathy in an adjudicated adolescent sample: The role of race, sex and disruptive family processes. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

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Ponce, G., Hoenicka, J., Jiménez-Arriero, M. A., Rodríguez-Jiménez, R., Aragüés, M., Martín-Suñé, N., … Palomo, T.. (2008). DRD2 and ANKK1 genotype in alcohol-dependent patients with psychopathic traits: Association and interaction study. British Journal of Psychiatry

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Garcia, L. F., Aluja, A., Fibla, J., Cuevas, L., & García, O.. (2010). Incremental effect for antisocial personality disorder genetic risk combining 5-HTTLPR and 5-HTTVNTR polymorphisms. Psychiatry Research

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Intellectual covering

Intellectual cover is a usually negative term for sophisticated arguments provided by members of the intelligentsia to bolster a particular viewpoint, and thereby help it gain respectability. Usually the viewpoint is one that a supporter leaned toward anyway, but needed arguments to help him justify to others.More at Wikipedia

Related References

Feng, C.. (2005). The Death of the Concerned Intellectual?. PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies

Psychopolitics

Cresswell, M., & Spandler, H.. (2009). Psychopolitics: Peter Sedgwick’s legacy for the politics of mental health. Social Theory and Health

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Robins, R. S., Post, J. M., Metz, C., Gurrieri, G., Robins, R. S., & Post, J. M.. (2008). Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred. In Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred
Layton, L. B.. (2000). The Psychopolitics of Bisexuality. Studies in Gender and Sexuality

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Morgan, K., & Nerison, R.. (1993). Homosexuality and psychopolitics: An historical overview.. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, …

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Hook, D.. (2012). A critical psychology of the postcolonial: The mind of apartheid. A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial: The mind of Apartheid

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Greco, M., & Stenner, P.. (2013). Happiness and the Art of Life: Diagnosing the psychopolitics of wellbeing. Health, Culture and Society

Plain numerical DOI: 10.5195/HCS.2013.147
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Rau, A.. (2013). Psychopolitics at work: The subjective turn in labour and the question of feminization. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Greenblatt, M.. (1974). Psychopolitics. American Journal of Psychiatry

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Alschuler, L. R.. (2016). The psychopolitics of liberation: Political consciousness from a jungian perspective. The Psychopolitics of Liberation: Political Consciousness From a Jungian Perspective

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Cresswell, M., & Spandler, H.. (2013). The Engaged Academic: Academic Intellectuals and the Psychiatric Survivor Movement. Social Movement Studies

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Klein, E., & Mills, C.. (2017). Psy-expertise, therapeutic culture and the politics of the personal in development. Third World Quarterly

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Reid, J.. (2012). The Neoliberal Subject: Reslience and the Art of Living Dangerously. REVISTA PLÉYADE
Stopford, A.. (2013). Unconscious dominions: Psychoanalysis, colonial trauma, and global sovereignties. Subjectivity

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Post, J. M.. (1999). The psychopolitics of hatred: Commentary on Ervin Staub’s article. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Bordieu’s Habitus & Hexis

The term habitus (/ˈhæbɪtəs/) refers to ingrained habits, skills, and psychological/behavioral  dispositions. It is the way that individuals perceive the social world around them and react to it. These dispositions are usually shared by people with similar backgrounds (such as social class, religion, nationality, ethnicity, education, profession etc.). The habitus is acquired through imitation (mimesis) and is the reality that individuals are socialized, which includes their individual experience and opportunities. Thus, the habitus represents the way group culture and personal history shape the body and the mind, and as a result, shape present social actions of an individual.

Pierre Bourdieu suggested that the habitus consists of both the hexis (the tendency to hold and use one’s body in a certain way, such as posture and accent) and more abstract mental habits, schemes of perception, classification, appreciation, feeling, and action. These schemes are not mere habits: Bourdieu suggested they allow individuals to find new solutions to new situations without calculated deliberation, based on their gut feelings and intuitions, which Bourdieu believed were collective and socially shaped. These attitudes, mannerisms, tastes, moral intuitions and habits have influence on the individual’s life chances, so the habitus not only is structured by an individual’s objective past position in the social structure but also structures the individual’s future life path. Pierre Bourdieu argued that the reproduction of the social structure results from the habitus of individuals (Bourdieu, 1987).


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Lyons, A. P., Bourdieu, P., & Nice, R.. (1980). Outline of a Theory of Practice. ASA Review of Books

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Bourdieu, P.. (1969). Structures, Habitus, Practices. In The Logic of Practice

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Lizardo, O.. (2004). The cognitive origins of Bourdieu’s Habitus. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

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Thomas, L.. (2002). Student retention in higher education: The role of institutional habitus. Journal of Education Policy

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Mutch, A.. (2003). Communities of practice and habitus: A critique. Organization Studies

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Bordieu, P., & Bourdieu, P.. (1968). Outline of a Sociological Theory of Art Perception. International Social Science Journal

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Bourdieu, P.. (1986). Habitus, code et codification. Actes de La Recherche En Sciences Sociales

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Hanks, W. F.. (2005). PIERRE BOURDIEU AND THE PRACTICES OF LANGUAGE. Annual Review of Anthropology

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Bourdieu, P.. (2000). Making the Economic Habitus: Algerian Workers Revisited. Ethnography

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King, A.. (2000). Thinking with Bourdieu against Bourdieu: A “practical” critique of the habitus. Sociological Theory

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Sewell, W. H.. (1992). A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation. American Journal of Sociology

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Nash, R.. (1990). Bourdieu on Education and Social and Cultural Reproduction. British Journal of Sociology of Education

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